javax.naming.namenotfoundexception

[gbooth]

I have been trying to configure and install the EJBCA software but keep getting this error when I run ant install.

  Initalizing Temporary Authorization Module with caid=-1688117755 and superadmin CN 'SuperAdmin'.
    
      javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: ejbca not bound
          at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:771)
          at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:779)
          at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getObject(NamingServer.java:785)
          at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.lookup(NamingServer.java:396)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
          at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:322)
          at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:177)
          at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
          at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:173)
          at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:553)
          at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:808)
          at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:667)
          at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
          at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
          at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)
          at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:273)
          at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:251)
          at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:160)
          at org.jnp.server.NamingServer_Stub.lookup(Unknown Source)
          at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:728)
          at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:688)
          at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:409)
          at org.ejbca.core.ejb.JndiHelper.getRemoteSession(JndiHelper.java:57)
          at org.ejbca.core.model.util.EjbRemoteHelper.getAdminGroupSession(EjbRemoteHelper.java:94)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.ca.BaseCaAdminCommand.initAuthorizationModule(BaseCaAdminCommand.java:161)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.ca.CaInitCommand.execute(CaInitCommand.java:207)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.EjbcaEjbCli.executeCommand(EjbcaEjbCli.java:118)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.EjbcaEjbCli.main(EjbcaEjbCli.java:80)
      Could not run execute method for class class org.ejbca.ui.cli.ca.CaInitCommand
      org.ejbca.ui.cli.ErrorAdminCommandException: java.lang.NullPointerException
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.ca.CaInitCommand.execute(CaInitCommand.java:312)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.EjbcaEjbCli.executeCommand(EjbcaEjbCli.java:118)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.EjbcaEjbCli.main(EjbcaEjbCli.java:80)
      Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.ca.BaseCaAdminCommand.initAuthorizationModule(BaseCaAdminCommand.java:161)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.ca.CaInitCommand.execute(CaInitCommand.java:207)
          … 2 more

This error (javax.naming.namenotfoundexception ejbca not bound) happens quite a few times. Here is the tail end of the output.

ejbca:batchsuperadmin:
      batch superadmin
      Generating keys in directory /etc/ejbca/p12.
    
      javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: ejbca not bound
          at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:771)
          at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:779)
          at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getObject(NamingServer.java:785)
          at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.lookup(NamingServer.java:396)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
          at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:322)
          at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:177)
          at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
          at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:173)
          at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:553)
          at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:808)
          at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:667)
          at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
          at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
          at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)
          at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:273)
          at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:251)
          at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:160)
          at org.jnp.server.NamingServer_Stub.lookup(Unknown Source)
          at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:728)
          at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:688)
          at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:409)
          at org.ejbca.core.ejb.JndiHelper.getRemoteSession(JndiHelper.java:57)
          at org.ejbca.core.model.util.EjbRemoteHelper.getUserAdminSession(EjbRemoteHelper.java:171)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.batch.BatchMakeP12.createUser(BatchMakeP12.java:557)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.batch.BatchMakeP12.execute(BatchMakeP12.java:109)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.EjbcaEjbCli.executeCommand(EjbcaEjbCli.java:118)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.EjbcaEjbCli.main(EjbcaEjbCli.java:68)
      java.lang.NullPointerException
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.batch.BatchMakeP12.createUser(BatchMakeP12.java:557)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.batch.BatchMakeP12.execute(BatchMakeP12.java:109)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.EjbcaEjbCli.executeCommand(EjbcaEjbCli.java:118)
          at org.ejbca.ui.cli.EjbcaEjbCli.main(EjbcaEjbCli.java:68)
      Java Result: 1

BUILD FAILED
/etc/ejbca/build.xml:64: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/etc/ejbca/bin/cli.xml:93: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/etc/ejbca/bin/cli.xml:128: Batch generation failed!

Total time: 21 seconds

Any input on how to rectify would be appreciated.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

I can' say for sure but it seems that you have named your host "ejbca" but that there may not be such an entry in DNS or hosts.

It may be simpler to do a default install for localhost and later generate new SSL.certificates.

Cheers,
Anders
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